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Equalists are overpowered

In avatar Legend of Korra.

I don't understand how benders can never stand a chance against the equalists. They have "platinum" robots, electric hands that apparently destroy benders, as well as Chi Blocking.

likewut?

May 21, 2012

40 Comments • Newest first

CowBreast

the bending in legend of korra is like boxing so it sucks. also, korra has a hard time concentrating on spirit stuff so she cant go avatar state

Reply May 26, 2012
TheLoyalPlum

@TwentyFourSeven: It's a possibility that the lightning from Azula blocked the final chakra gate that Aang had just opened as well as fatally wounded him. He's knocked out of the Avatar State, dying. Sometime between then and when Katara used the spirit water on his wound, he died causing a new avatar to be born. Then as we all know, he is revived, but without the ability to enter the Avatar State until the final battle with Ozai, where his wound is hit by a rock and his final chakra gate opened once more.

Okay okay now it's end-of-crazy-conspiracy-theory.

Reply May 25, 2012
bmspwn1495

katara needs to teach korra how to make sharp pieces of ice and surround them around the enemy like mai did with her shooting stars almost or she can use those sharp pieces of ice to attack the head of the robot where the controller is. Korra also needs to learn how to use her surroundings in her favor, katara learned how to get water from thin air from hama and from plants, she also used her own sweat to break out of a jail cell (forgot wat episode that was but i think she was with toph to).

Reply May 25, 2012
boom2121

[quote=DanteLazaruz]You forget Toph discovered metal bending. If Korra could master the technique that over-industrialist butthurt angsty mid-life crisis infested organization could easily be defeated. METAL robots. wat. And electricity is just pure firebending, maybe Mako could learn to harness the Equalists electrical offense against them, who knows.[/quote]

I believe Asami's father said that their robots are made of pure platinum. According to him, not even Toph could bend that.

Reply May 25, 2012
LordBigbuns

[quote=Smusher]no. the elements are like burgers. each are different and require different things.[/quote]

at least they're both tasty.

Reply May 25, 2012
kalvar

That just makes it better, the harder the battle the better.

Reply May 25, 2012
heyitsmexD

[quote=DieaViginn]the equalists fight just l.ike the circus girl from the first series so idk why they dont no that fighting style[/quote]

Because their style of chi blocking is different. Ty Lee could completely paralyze someone while the Equalists could only chi block.

Reply May 25, 2012
golatias

[quote=TheLoyalPlum]Because there are 2 Avatars! Amon is the first, and Korra is the second! When Aang died the first time by Azula, Amon was born. When Aang came back to life, Amon lost his bending but kept the Spirit. When Aang died the Bending side went into Korra. This is why Korra can't get Air Bending or into the Avatar state is because she's missing the spiritual side of her bending that's in Amon who can energy bend, which is almost completely spiritual. /end-crazy-conspiracy-theory[/quote]

my god....this is the first theory that actually seems possible o.o

Reply May 25, 2012
Momijii

[quote=LordBigbuns]i know katara hadn't mentioned anything about bloodbending as of ep.7, but perhaps katara will change her mind and teach her bloodbending when there is a full moon. also, it it possible that korra can then teach other waterbenders how to bloodbend so on so forth~[/quote]
Katara [b]will not[/b] teach Korra Bloodbending. Firstly, Katara doesn't care for it, she used it twice in the entire series. Once when she was protecting her friends and once when she was extremely angry. She's not just going to teach Korra Bloodbending. However, I would be willing to wager that there are other Bloodbenders in the world. It'd be fairly easy to discover if you were in similar conditions to Hama. And for that matter, there was also an Avatar Extra that mentioned that those who frequently Bloodbend open themselves to insanity.

Reply May 25, 2012
LordBigbuns

[quote=Smusher]I think that only air bending requires being spiritual.[/quote]

okay okay but you still need a [i]bit[/i] of spirit in water/fire/earth bending. kinda like a BLT burger (i think people don't eat these anymoar, but for the sake of teh example, let's keep going on). without the BLT it's still a burger. the BLT is what makes it better, giving it that extra flavor kick.

Reply May 25, 2012
TooSxcee

So who cares they got Asami, so hot <3

Reply May 25, 2012
LordBigbuns

@Demonlord: also, the benders in LOK are focusing too much on the physical side of bending, and not the spiritual side. in ATLA, the benders both learned the physical and spiritual side of bending like what Tenzin vaguely said.

sorry i'm just too hyped up for saturday i'm such an avatard

Reply May 25, 2012
LordBigbuns

@Momijii: i know katara hadn't mentioned anything about bloodbending as of ep.7, but perhaps katara will change her mind and teach her bloodbending when there is a full moon. also, it it possible that korra can then teach other waterbenders how to bloodbend so on so forth~

@TheLoyalPlum: HEY! that's what i think too we must be the same person

Reply May 25, 2012
Momijii

[quote=Joshuadit]Last I checked, Aang went into the Avatar State various times WAY before he visited the Guru. Aang entered the Avatar State when he felt extreme feelings of anger, sadness or distress.
Korra has had two moments where she coulda gone into the Avatar State. Instead, she had visions of Aang.
IMO, those visions could have been presented as part of a conversation between Aang and Korra, kinda like how they presented Rokus past while he was talking with Aang.[/quote]

[quote=Me]vulnerable and/or extremely emotional about something[/quote]
Read please.
And just because there's emotion or distress, doesn't mean it has to activate.

@iluvsarah: Well, as you said, it's war versus not war. Aside from the fact that lightning generation takes great inner-calm and I imagine doing it on the fly (ohey let's lightning bend for fun!) would take lots of practice. I'm sure if the ATLA universe had a peace time, the bending would've been significantly less "inspired" like it is in LoK.

Reply May 23, 2012 - edited
Joshuadit

[quote=Momijii]I would imagine it's because she hasn't mastered it. Aang had to see the Guru at an Air Temple before he could enter the Avatar State at will. If you haven't mastered it, you have to be vulnerable and/or extremely emotional about something. We haven't seen Korra at either yet.[/quote]

Last I checked, Aang went into the Avatar State various times WAY before he visited the Guru. Aang entered the Avatar State when he felt extreme feelings of anger, sadness or distress.
Korra has had two moments where she coulda gone into the Avatar State. Instead, she had visions of Aang.
IMO, those visions could have been presented as part of a conversation between Aang and Korra, kinda like how they presented Rokus past while he was talking with Aang.

Reply May 23, 2012 - edited
TheLoyalPlum

[quote=Joshuadit]The problem with LOK is that there's not a sense of urgency within the benders. It's like "Oh....There's chi blockers......", whereas in ATLA, it would be like "Holy Crap! There's Chi Blockers!". Technology benefitted the nonbenders more than it did the benders. I dont see why the Equalists are making a big deal out of this to begin with. They're just individuals that felt intimidated by a bender and chose to wait in the sidelines until somebody decided to do something about it.
Overall, the plot line for LOK is being forced on its audience too much, creating many incongruencies.
Why the hell hasnt Korra gone into the Avatar State? >.>[/quote]

Because there are 2 Avatars! Amon is the first, and Korra is the second! When Aang died the first time by Azula, Amon was born. When Aang came back to life, Amon lost his bending but kept the Spirit. When Aang died the Bending side went into Korra. This is why Korra can't get Air Bending or into the Avatar state is because she's missing the spiritual side of her bending that's in Amon who can energy bend, which is almost completely spiritual. /end-crazy-conspiracy-theory

Reply May 23, 2012 - edited
Momijii

[quote=Joshuadit]Why the hell hasnt Korra gone into the Avatar State? >.>[/quote]
I would imagine it's because she hasn't mastered it. Aang had to see the Guru at an Air Temple before he could enter the Avatar State at will. If you haven't mastered it, you have to be vulnerable and/or extremely emotional about something. We haven't seen Korra at either yet.

[quote=LordBigbuns]also, katara should REALLY teach korra how to bloodbend (even she's really old and ancient) [/quote]
Katara probably hasn't mentioned Bloodbending to a single soul given how strongly she opposes it. And for that matter, Bloodbending is almost useless since it requires a full moon. Not to mention I'm sure not every Equalist would just stand there while Korra Bloodbends them away (unless she had the talent to Bloodbend multiple people at once).

Reply May 23, 2012 - edited
OhShutUp

"equalists" aren't looking to be equal at all
obviously they want the upper hand against benders: technological advances are helping them bridge the gap between nonbender and bender
bending has been around for much longer than the equalist revolution... the equalists know what the bender's weaknesses are -- lol, they created robot suits made out of platinum or w/e so that the metalbending police force couldn't stop them, not to mention the whole chi blocking that pretty much renders a bender useless

korra & friends are really struggling to find any type of hole in the equalist defense

Reply May 23, 2012 - edited
Joshuadit

The problem with LOK is that there's not a sense of urgency within the benders. It's like "Oh....There's chi blockers......", whereas in ATLA, it would be like "Holy Crap! There's Chi Blockers!". Technology benefitted the nonbenders more than it did the benders. I dont see why the Equalists are making a big deal out of this to begin with. They're just individuals that felt intimidated by a bender and chose to wait in the sidelines until somebody decided to do something about it.
Overall, the plot line for LOK is being forced on its audience too much, creating many incongruencies.
Why the hell hasnt Korra gone into the Avatar State? >.>

Reply May 23, 2012 - edited
WakelessDream

@lykstoeat: That makes a lot more sense than for him to use bending. The leader of an anti bending group shouldn't have to use bending that would make him look bad lol...

Reply May 23, 2012 - edited
BabysAreFood

The benders in LOK aren't used to the tough fighting that goes on, unlike in ATLA when basically all of the benders were well trained in their element for security and for war. Now they have to worry about messing up their city to avoid the police and that has suppressed bending.

Reply May 22, 2012 - edited
StiKman19

[quote=Scam]Equalitist aren't overpowered.
More like the Benders are noob.[/quote]
basically this. If it was the ATLA kids, the equalists wouldn't stand a chance
@terw123: doesn't count, sozin's comet.

Reply May 22, 2012 - edited
lastman28

That's what i don't understand. How are the benders getting owned so hard... like brutally.

As in the last episode it was basically a flawless victory for the equalists.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
terw123

yeah i mean in ATLA they could make giant flamethrowers. Remember when zuko and his sister were fighting? Some intense firebending right there. And couldnt beifong and korra just make earth armor cause they are both earth benders?

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
LordBigbuns

honestly, lin shoulda earth-bended under the robot's dingdong. that way, she and the other police forces can overrun the bots.

also, katara should REALLY teach korra how to bloodbend (even she's really old and ancient)

and the police should have armor impervious to both chi attacks and lightning attacks. and make sure that their ropes are too.

and why didn't lin take those electricity gloves at CabbageCorp? if she did, she coulda given it to the benders to use them against the equalists, such as shocking the mecha tank. other than that i think they are even in terms of supporters and in power. the benders just don't know how to fight when face to face with an equalist and using their element wisely, like lin and the SatoBots.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
lykstoeat

[quote=WakelessDream]Wow talk about a hypocrite "Benders are oppressing us we need to do something about it" *Uses energy [i]bending[/i] against benders to take their bending away*[/quote]
Amon isn't using energy bending, only the avatar can have such abilities. I strongly believe the technique he uses is only an advanced form of chi-blocking that permanently blocks the flow of chi in benders.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
Metacafe

@FlameOfDark: yeah I guess that part was kinda cool.

I don't see why they just can't just use water and freeze the bodies of the equalists.
but then there wouldn't really be a storyline.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
Metacafe

I haven't actually seen any badass bending in LOK yet.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
ZombieOverlord

Benders aren't underpowered, the equalists are just overpowered.

Technology and all that.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
imtwocats

The benders are underpowered in Legend of Korra, compared to what the benders could do in Airbender. I'm guessing they wanted to make it seem like the Equalists actually had a fighting chance of beating the benders.

If Zuko or Katara decided to intervene, I guarantee those robots would be destroyed within seconds.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
Jinghang

Actually IMO benders are underpowered in the new Avatar.
In the first Avatar you see benders using huge wads of elements at once, like circles of fire, lightning, gigantic blocks of ice, earth, hurricanes.
And the best we've seen yet is Korra using water to push herself upwards in a water-hurricane.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
SirJayGatsby

[quote=lastman28]In avatar Legend of Korra.

I don't understand how benders can never stand a chance against the equalists. They have "platinum" robots, electric hands that apparently destroy benders, as well as Chi Blocking.

likewut?[/quote]

What a typical basiler response. No they aren't overpowered. Benders can command freaking elements. They can summon hurricanes, create towers of fire, massive walls of ice and displace towns. Really, Equalists are underpowered.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
3moRaccoon

hahaha lmao

But yeah I agree. Korra almost s___ herself when she saw them loose their bending. AND SHE'S THE AVATAR.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
ho1yxxcleric

If there are fire benders, why don't they just reverse lightning bend? I don't get some parts also.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
WakelessDream

[quote=mybuttxx]@RKyais Chi blocking is like what Ty Lee did in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Hitting certain points on the body, varying on the element (I think), and it blocks the chi temporarily. Amon used Energybending to take away the ability to bend.[/quote]

Wow talk about a hypocrite "Benders are oppressing us we need to do something about it" *Uses energy [i]bending[/i] against benders to take their bending away*

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
RazorNion

[quote=CrazeeFun]i also don't understand why the metal bending police don't use the electric gloves they got from cabbage corp as a weapon as well, just think, they bust out their metal wires to their enemy to incapacitate them then activate the electric gloves to make sure they're down[/quote]

What they need are rubber suits!

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
mybuttxx

@RKyais Chi blocking is like what Ty Lee did in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Hitting certain points on the body, varying on the element (I think), and it blocks the chi temporarily. Amon used Energybending to take away the ability to bend.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
mybuttxx

@arianagrande Legend of Korra.

OT: That's the plot of the story. They seem so weak next to the Equalists growing in power, stuff happens, the protagonists still win, everyone goes home happily ever after.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited
lastman28

Avatar duh.

Reply May 21, 2012 - edited